Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-21


from the steamers, the dying paddles would
pull to the rescue. And If now. you would litt
one signal of distress, all these Voyagers or
eternity would bear down toward you and
briRg you relief. But no. on are like
ship on fire at sea. They keep the hatchcs
down, and the captain is irenzled, and no
gives orders that no one bail the passing
ships. He says: ~ shall either land tins
vessel in Hamburg or on the bottom OF the
ocean. and don't care which," Yonder Is
ship Of the White Star liue passing. fonder
one Of the National line. Yonder one of the
Cunard line. Yonder one OF tho lnman line.
But they know not there Is any calamity hap
pening on that one vessel Oh, If the captain
would only put his trumpet to his lip and cry
out: Lower your boats! Bear down TINS
way! We are burning up! fire! Fire"
No; no. No signal is given. II that vessel
perishcs. having hailed no one, whose fault
will 1t be? VIII it be the tault of the ship
that hid its calamity. or will II be the fault OF
the vessels that, passing on the high seas,
would have been glad to furnish relief II 1t
had been only asked? In other words, my
brother, IL you mics heaven 1t will be your
own fault,
No one care for your soul! Why in all the
ages there have been men whose cntlre Ous!-
nees was soul saving. In this work, Mnnson
went down under the knives OF the cannlhals
whom he had come to save, and Robert Nc
Cheyne preached himself to death by thirty
years Of age, and John Bunyan was thrown
into dungeon IN BedsOrdshire. and Jehudt
AehmAn endured all the malarias OF the
African jungle; and there are hundreds and
thousands of Christian men and women now
who are praying. tOiilng, preaching, living,
dying TO save souls.
Noone care for YOUR SOUL Have you heard
how Christ feels about itg | know IT was only
five or Elk miles from Bethlehem to Calvary
the birthplace and the death place OF
Christ-but who can tell how many miles 1t
was from the throne 80 the manGerY How
many miles down, how many miles back
again? The place Of His departure was The
focus of all splendOr and pOmp. All tEe
thrones facing His throne. His name
the chorus in every song and the inscription
on every banner Ills landing place
cattle pen. malodOrous with unwashed
brutes, ana dog3 growing in and out of the
stable. Born OF Il weary mother who had
iourneyed eighty miles IN severe un-
health that she might find the right place for
the Lords nativty-born, not as other
princes, under the ilash OF chandelier, but
under lantern swung by a rope to tine roof
of the barn. In that place Christ started to
save you, Your name, your face, your time.
your eternity. in Christs mind. Sometimes
travelling on mules back to escape old Her
od's massacre, sometimes attempting uer-
vOus sleep on the chilly hillside, sometimes
earning his breakfast hy the carpentry Of "A
plow. In Quarantania the stones Of the
ueld, by the n shape and color, looking ike
the loaves OF bread, tantaliziug his hunger.
\ ct all the time keeping on after YOU. With
drenched coat treading the surf of Genessa-
ret. H0wed after by bloodthirstT mob.
Denounced as drunkard. Mourn
ing over doomed city, while others
b0Dut6u db tnS blSnL Oh bHe SlinMBflnH
towers, All the time coming on ana coming
on to save you. Indicted IA being a traitor
against the government, perjured witnesses
swearing their souls away to Insure his
butchery. Flogged, spit on, slapped in the
face and then hoisted on rough lumber, In the
sight of earth, and heaven and hell to pur-
chase your eternal emancipation. From the
first infant step TO tho last step OF manhood
on the last sharp OF Calvary, Journey for
you. Oh, how he cared Tor your soul BY
doloreus arithmetic add up the stable, the
wIntry tempest, the midnight dampne5s, the
abstinence CT forty days from food, the brutal
Sanhedrm, the heights OF GolgOtha, across
which all the hatrcds OF earth, and all the
furies Of hell charged with their bayOnets,
for your soul.
a young man might as well
go off from home and give his
father and mother no intimstion as to
where he has gone, and, crossing the seas,
sitting down in some foreign country cold.
sick, and hungry, and lonely, saying: My
father and mother don't care anything about
me-" Do not care anything about him!
Why, that fathers hair has turned gray since
his son went Off. He has written to all the
Consuls III the foreign ports, asking about
that son. Does not the mother care anything
about him lie has broken her heart She
has never smiled since he went away. All
day long, ana almost all night, she keeps ask
ing: "Wh here is ne Where can he be 7" He
Is the first thought in her prayer and the last
thought in her prayer-tne first thought in
the morning and the ast at III 2ht. she says
'Oh God, bring back my boy! 1 must see
him again before | die Where is ne? l
must zee him again before / die" Oh, do
not his father and mother care for him You
20 away from your heavenly father, and you
think he does not care for you because you
Will not even read the letters by which
he invites you to come back, while all
heaven ID waiting, and waiting and waiting
for you to return. young man said 10 his
father: II am going OH; Will write to you
at the end of seven years and tell you where i
am" Many years have passed along since
that son went away, and for years the father
has been going to the depot IN the village, on
the arrival of every train, apd when he hears
the whistle In the distance he is thrilled with
excitement, and he waits until all the Dassen-
gers have come out, and then he waits until
the train has gone clear out OF sight again.
and then he goes home. Aasteniug back to the
next train; and he VIII be at every train un-
til that son comes back, unless the son waits
until the father be dead. But OH the greater
patience OF God. He has beeo waiting for You
not seven years. not nine years. but for some Of
You twenty years, thirty years, lorty year, ,ifty
years waiting, calling - waiting, calling,
until nothing but omnipOteut patience could
have endured It. On. my brOthefi do not
tase the sentiment OF my text as your sentI-
mcnt. We do care for your soul. One Sab
bath night years ago. in my church IN Brook
lyn, young man appeared at lhe ehd OF me
platform and he sald TO me: 81 nave JuGt
dome OF the sea-" ! sad: when did you
arriveP said he: II came into port this
afternoon. was in great 'niow' OF Cape
might as well 20 10 heaven as to hell. 1
thought the ship would sink, but, air, never
very seriously thought ABOUT my soul until
Tonight l said 70 MN: do You zeal that
Christ IS able and willing to save yOu?P "Oh,
yes." he replied, II do ""W eli," said. "now
are vou willing to come and be saved by
Himf" ~ am, - he said, "Weli, will you
now. in the prayer we are about to offer, give
yourself TO God for time and eternItyD "I
wiD,' ho said. Then we knelt in prayer and
after we got through praying, he told me
that the great transformation had taken
place. / could not doubt 1t. lie Is on the
may gam or lose, but think hc Will gain the
hGrbOr Of Heaven.
"star Of peace, beam DER the billow,
Bless the soul that signs for Thee
Bless the sGilor's lonely pillow,
Far, far at sea-"
IL was sudden conversion with him that
night. Oh that it might be sudden conyer-
sion with you to-day! God can save you in
one moment % wei as he can In " century,
There ere sudden deaths, sudden calamitieB,
sudden losses, Whynot sudden deliverancesI
God's spirit Is infinite IN speed. lie comes
here with omnipotenL power. and be Is ready
here and now, instantaneously and for ever,
TO save your soul. believe that multitude
OF you will to-day come TO God. ! feel that
YOU are coming. and you WIN bring along
your families and your friends with you.
They have heard in heaven already OF the
step You are about TO take. The news has been
cried along the golden streets, and has RUG
out from the towers: "a soul saved! A soul
sayedw But there is some one here to-day
who will reject this Gospel. He will stay out
of the Kingdom Of God himself. He will keep
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